Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure or weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on the scales?
Isaiah 41:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I am the Lord, the first and with the last #– #I am he.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord–the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]–I am He. American Standard Version (1901) Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he. Common English Bible Who has acted and who has done this, calling upon generation after generation since the beginning? I, the LORD, was first, and I will be the last! Catholic Public Domain Version Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? "It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who hath wrought and done these things, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord. I am the first and the last. |
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure or weighed the mountains on a balance and the hills on the scales?
Look up and see! Who created these? He brings out the stars by number; he calls all of them by name. Because of his great power and strength, not one of them is missing.
so that all may see and know, consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.
Who told about this from the beginning, so that we might know, and from times past, so that we might say, “He is right”? No one announced it, no one told it, no one heard your words.
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
Who gave Jacob to the robber, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the Lord? Have we not sinned against him? They were not willing to walk in his ways, and they would not listen to his instruction.
‘You are my witnesses’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and there will be none after me.
Also, from today on I am he alone, and none can rescue from my power. I act, and who can reverse it? ’
I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
‘Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.
See, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel, which is translated ‘God is with us.’
teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’
From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.
saying, ‘Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’
When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me and said, ‘Don’t be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’ says the Lord God, ‘the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’
‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last, the one who was dead and came to life:
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.